Which one is your favorite? - LXXVI -

I believe this is a first that I will be mentioning about a German song. However, we all very well know its English covers from many artists. "Und jetzt ist es still" was first performed by Horst Winter in 1948, with music written by Austrian composer Hans Lang and German lyrics by Erich Meder. The English lyrics were written by Bert Reisfeld.

Here is the song for this week;

"Und jetzt ist es still" or "It's Oh So Quiet"

Prolific film composer Hans Lang and regular collaborator Erich Meder wrote a song called "Und Jetzt ist es Still." This roughly translates to "And Now It's Quiet." It was recorded by Austrian/German singer Horst "Harry" Winter (best known for competing in the 1960 Eurovision contest for Austria). 

The song traveled to America three years later. Betty Hutton--star of stage, screen, and radio--released a newly orchestrated and translated version of the song oddly called "Blow a Fuse" which afterwards evolved to "It's Oh So Quiet".

The song was covered by Icelandic musician Björk in 1995. It was released as the third single from her second album Post and remains her biggest hit, reaching number 4 in the UK and spending 15 weeks on the UK Singles Chart. Fueled by the Spike Jonze-directed music video clip, the single also shot Björk into the spotlight in Australia, where it reached number 6. In the United Kingdom, the single has been certified as Gold, having sold upwards of 400,000 copies. In an interview on BBC Radio 1 with Chris Evans in 1995, Björk said the song had been played on the bus she had used on a recent tour and she recorded it as a thank you to the team that worked with her on that tour.

Here are the 6 versions I picked for you;

• Betty Hutton - "It's Oh So Quiet" (Blow a Fuse)

• Björk - "It's Oh So Quiet"

• Lucy Woodward - "It's Oh So Quiet"

• Lyambiko - "It's Oh So Quiet"

• Lisa Ekdahl - "It's Oh So Quiet"

• Bria Skonberg - "It's Oh So Quiet"

Now the floor is yours, go ahead and make your comments (here, Instagram, Facebook wherever you feel like...).

nb. Please note that I intentionally do not include the original versions of the songs as it would be a little unfair to the artists covering the songs, and I am sure that sometimes you will be surprised to see that the songs you thought were the originals are just covers.